Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. 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. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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