Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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