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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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