Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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