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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about 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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