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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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