Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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