Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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