Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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