Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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