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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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