Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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