Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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