Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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