Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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