Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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