Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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