Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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