Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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