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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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