Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. 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. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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