Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the 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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