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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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