Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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