Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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