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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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