Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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