Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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