Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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