Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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