Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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