Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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