Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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