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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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