Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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