Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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