Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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