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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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