Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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