Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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