Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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