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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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