Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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