Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches 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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