Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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