Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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