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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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