Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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