Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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