Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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