Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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