Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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