Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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