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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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