Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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