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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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