Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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