Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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