Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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