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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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