Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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