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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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