Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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