Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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