Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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