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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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