Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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