Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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