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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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