Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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