Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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