Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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