Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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