Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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