Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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