Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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