Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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