Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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