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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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