Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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