Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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