Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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