Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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