Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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