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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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