Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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