Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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