Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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