Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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