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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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