Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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