Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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