Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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