Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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