Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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