Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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