Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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