Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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