Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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