Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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