Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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