Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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