Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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