Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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