Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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