Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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