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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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