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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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