Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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