Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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