Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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