Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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