Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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