Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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