Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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