Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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