Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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