Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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