Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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