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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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