Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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