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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the 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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