Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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