Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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