Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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