Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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