Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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