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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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