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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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