Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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