Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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