Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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