Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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