Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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