Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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