Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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