Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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