Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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