Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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