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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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