Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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