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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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