Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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