Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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