Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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