Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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