Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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