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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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