Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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