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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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