Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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