Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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