Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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