Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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