Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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