Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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