Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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