Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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