Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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