Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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