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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always 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 lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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