Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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