Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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