Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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