Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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