Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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