Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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