Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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