Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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