Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)