Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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