Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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