Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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