Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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