Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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