Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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