Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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