Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the thrilling new 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 book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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