Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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