Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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