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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major 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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