Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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