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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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