Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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