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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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