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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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