Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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