Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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