Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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