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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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