Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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