Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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