Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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