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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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