Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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