Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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