Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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