Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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