Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key 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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