Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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