Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the 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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