Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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