Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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