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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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