Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also describes the key 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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