Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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