Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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