Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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