Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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