Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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