Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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