Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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