Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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