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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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