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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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