Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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