Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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