Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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