Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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