Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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