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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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