Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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