Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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