Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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