Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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