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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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