Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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