Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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