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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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