Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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