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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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