Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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