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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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