Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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