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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key 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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