Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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