Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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