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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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