Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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