Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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