Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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