Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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