Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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