Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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