Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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