Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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