Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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