Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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