Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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