Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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