Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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