Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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