Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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