Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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