Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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