Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Technology-enhanced Learning