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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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