Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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