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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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