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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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