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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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