Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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