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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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