Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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