Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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