Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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