Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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