Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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