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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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