Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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