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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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