Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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