Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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