Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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