Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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