Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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