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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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