Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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