Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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