Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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