Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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