Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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