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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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