Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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