Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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