Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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