Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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