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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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