Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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