Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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