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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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