Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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