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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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