Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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