Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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