Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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