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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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