Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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