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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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