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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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