Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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