Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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