Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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