Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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