Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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