Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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