Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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