Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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