Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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