Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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