Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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