Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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