Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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