Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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