Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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