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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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