Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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