Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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