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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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