Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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