Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States 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 educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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