Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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