Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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