Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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