Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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