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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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