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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth 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. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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