Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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