Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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