Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses 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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