Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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