Find out more about the impressive 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 educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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