Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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