Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important 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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