Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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