Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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