Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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