Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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