Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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