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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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