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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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