Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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