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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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