Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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