Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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