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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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