Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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