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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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