Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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