Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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