Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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