Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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