Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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