Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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