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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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