Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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