Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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