Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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