Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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