Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the 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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