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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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