Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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