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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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