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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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