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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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