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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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