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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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