Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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