Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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