Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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