Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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