Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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