Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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