Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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