Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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