Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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