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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the 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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