Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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