Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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