Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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