Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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