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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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