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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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