Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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