Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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