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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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