Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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