Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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