Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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