Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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