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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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