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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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