Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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