Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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