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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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