Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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