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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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