Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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