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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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