Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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