Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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