Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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