Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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