Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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