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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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