Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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