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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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