Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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