Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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