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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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