Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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