Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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