Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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