Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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