Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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