Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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