Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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