Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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