Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student 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. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the 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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