Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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