Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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