Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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