Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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