Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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