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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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