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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major 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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