Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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