Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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