Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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