Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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