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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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