Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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