Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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