Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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