Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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