Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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