Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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