Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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