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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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