Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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