Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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