Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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