Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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