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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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