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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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