Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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