Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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