Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the 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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