Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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