Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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