Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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