Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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