Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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