Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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