Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies 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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