Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers 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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