Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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