Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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