Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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