Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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