Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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