Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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