Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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