Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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