Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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