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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices 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 issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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