Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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