Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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