Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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