Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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