Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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