Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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