Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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