Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the 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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