Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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