Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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