Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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