Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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