Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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