Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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