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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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