Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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