Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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