Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major 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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