Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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