Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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