Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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