Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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