Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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