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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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