Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key 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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