Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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