Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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