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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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