Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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