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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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