Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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