Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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