Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important 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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