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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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