Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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