Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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