Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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