Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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