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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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