Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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