Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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