Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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