Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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