Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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