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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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