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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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